1. A son is filial to his father and has a broad heart. ——"Zengguang Xianwen" of the Ming Dynasty
Interpretation: If children are filial, parents will feel comforted.
2. Don’t waste your skin by being unfilial to yourself. ——"Song of Advising Filial Piety" by Xu Xi in the Qing Dynasty
Explanation: If you practice filial piety, you will be wearing this robe in vain.
3. Whoever says nothing will be rewarded with three rays of spring. ——"The Wandering Son" by Meng Jiao of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: Who dares to say that children with filial piety as weak as Xiaocao can repay the kindness of a loving mother like Chunhui Puze?
4. Disobedience and unfilial piety will lead to retribution in three lifetimes. ——"Song of Advising Filial Piety" by Xu Xi of the Qing Dynasty
Interpretation: Beating one's father and scolding one's mother is disobedience and unfilial piety, and the retribution of karma in three lifetimes is clearly unnecessary.
5. Treating relatives with respect is more beautiful than three animals. ——The Book of Filial Piety by Zhiyu of the Three Kingdoms
Interpretation: It is better to honor your parents and elders when they are alive than to sacrifice three animals with a pig's head, a sheep's head, and an ox's head after death.
6. There is nothing greater than filial piety, and nothing greater than filial piety. ——Pre-Qin Confucius' "Book of Filial Piety·Shengzhi Chapter 9"
Interpretation: There is no human behavior more important than filial piety. Among filial piety, nothing is more important than respecting your father.
7. Having no father and no king is like a beast. ——Mencius of the pre-Qin Dynasty, "Mencius, Duke Tengwen"
Explanation: People who have no parents and no king in their eyes are like animals.
8. For those who care for their relatives, they should make peace with them regardless of the location, which is the utmost filial piety. ——"Zhuangzi·De Chong Fu" by Zhuang Zhou of the Warring States Period
Interpretation: Serving your parents, no matter where you are, no matter what occupation you are engaged in, can make your parents feel at ease and feel stable, which is the highest state of filial piety. .